Using panel data for West Germany and Great Britain, we show that there are striking differences in overtime work and … the evolution of the monthly labour earnings distribution and individual economic well-being differently in West Germany … regards to West Germany, we show that the current policy of transforming paid overtime in "working time accounts", which is …

This paper compares the cyclical behaviour of male real wages in Germany and the UK using the German Socio … unemployment rate as the cyclical measure, we find real wages of stayers in the private sector in West Germany - but not East … Germany - to be procyclical, and quite sensitive to unemployment, comparable to the US and the UK. We find cyclicality in the …

The wage policy of a German and a U.S. firm is comparatively analysed with a focus on the relation between wages and … intra-level wage inequality and yearly promotion rate. In contrast, wages are more distinctly attached to hierarchy levels …

The wage policy of a German and a U.S. firm is comparatively analysed with a focus on the relation between wages and … intra-level wage inequality and yearly promotion rate. In contrast, wages are more distinctly attached to hierarchy levels …

open up opportunities for subsequent reforms. -- early retirement ; older workers ; Germany ; European Employment Strategy …